On Boardman, released by Crystal Palace after a loan spell in the latter half of the season, Chapple said: “I am quite hopeful of him. I thought he finished the season well.”

He is sad to be losing former Hereford and Yeovil defender Pitman and Reece, who was arguably the Cards’ best player in the closing weeks.

Chapple, who has already revealed he is targeting a goalkeeping rival for Tony Tucker, explained: “I am aware Jamie had a three-hour journey to Woking from Hereford, which was not good though it has never been a problem to him.

“Dominic is a bit unlucky but I have other left-sided players Scott Steele and Rob Hollingdale still on contract, so I will be using them for another year.”

Chapple has had to cut spending since taking over last October. And he added: “The time has come where we will be cutting our cloth accordingly. I will work to the budget.